Official Travelers' Thread (country, show, cheap)

jibber · 01-28-2006, 12:51 AM

So I thought I'd make a thread for anyone interested in traveling, seeing as how I'm in the process of planning a trip to New Zealand. I'll be heading out in early May, and staying until the end of August. Hopefully I'll be able to find work at Treble Cone ski resort, the next best thing would be working in Wanaka, where i'll be living for the majorty of the trip. Seeing as how any kind of job training for the ski restort wouldn't start until mid june, that leaves me with about a month of guarunteed down time. I've thought about spending some time on the north island, maybe trying my hand at surfing (i'm aware it'll be winter, but hey, I'm canadian, cold water doesn't bother me). I know there are a lot of new zealander's on this board, so do any of you have any suggestions of what to do for the first month I'm there? I'd really like to see as much of New Zealand as possible, so any thoughts would be great. Keep in mind that I'm looking to do this as cheaply as humanly possible, like any student traveling to a foreign country.

That said, anyone else got any big trips planned? After New Zealand, my next stop (probably 2 years down the road) will be a backpacking trip through southeast asia, thailand, laos, and china being on the list. I've actually been to thailand before, but I was 7, so I could hardly appreciate the experience. As for countries I've been to so far, the list would be (in random order):
Canada (obviously), parts of the US, Austria, England, France, Italy, Thailand, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Holland, Sweden and Iceland.

So post your travel plans, your experiences, and pretty much just anything related to traveling you can think of.

MURDER JUNKIE · 01-28-2006, 12:54 AM

I'm goin to Vegas in April, drinkin, gamblin, maybe a show at the Joint or H.O.B. if anyone decent is in town. Should be cool

jibber · 01-28-2006, 01:30 AM

nice, road trip or are you flying?

MURDER JUNKIE · 01-28-2006, 01:44 AM

flying, it would take me forever to drive. I hate driving

either/or · 01-28-2006, 01:56 AM

come visit australia, the gold coast mainly. not much snow to ski on but there are waves

jibber · 01-28-2006, 01:59 AM

haha, I love driving, although only if there's other people in the car. there's another thing I'd love to do, go with 3 other friends and do a road trip from calgary and down through the US, stopping at a bunch of ski hills, and basically living like bums.

and I'd love to visit australia, but money is gonna be really tight, so I don't think I'll have the funds to travel in between.

MURDER JUNKIE · 01-28-2006, 02:02 AM

not my style, if I have to walk for more than 20 yards to get a drink I am thoroughly inconvenienced. Furthermore I cannot live like a bum, I am needy and dependent on my creature comforts

either/or · 01-28-2006, 02:02 AM

damn.i wish i was old enough to travel. its one of my few dreams i have. i wanna go on the road just like jack kerouac in his book ' on the road'. take 50 dollars in my pocket and head off on a bus west.

MURDER JUNKIE · 01-28-2006, 02:03 AM

50 bucks wouldn't get me across the street

jibber · 01-28-2006, 02:07 AM

haha, i'm all about "roughing it" (I use that term losely, truly roughing it for me is setting up a tent in the middle of nowhere with nothing but what you can carry on your back) when I travel. I can't do the whole lounging-at-the-poolside-while-a-waiter-serves-me-drinks thing. Even if I had the money to support it, those kind of vacations bore the hell out of me.

01-28-2006, 12:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	Official Travelers' Thread So I thought I'd make a thread for anyone interested in traveling, seeing as how I'm in the process of planning a trip to New Zealand. I'll be heading out in early May, and staying until the end of August. Hopefully I'll be able to find work at Treble Cone ski resort, the next best thing would be working in Wanaka, where i'll be living for the majorty of the trip. Seeing as how any kind of job training for the ski restort wouldn't start until mid june, that leaves me with about a month of guarunteed down time. I've thought about spending some time on the north island, maybe trying my hand at surfing (i'm aware it'll be winter, but hey, I'm canadian, cold water doesn't bother me). I know there are a lot of new zealander's on this board, so do any of you have any suggestions of what to do for the first month I'm there? I'd really like to see as much of New Zealand as possible, so any thoughts would be great. Keep in mind that I'm looking to do this as cheaply as humanly possible, like any student traveling to a foreign country. That said, anyone else got any big trips planned? After New Zealand, my next stop (probably 2 years down the road) will be a backpacking trip through southeast asia, thailand, laos, and china being on the list. I've actually been to thailand before, but I was 7, so I could hardly appreciate the experience. As for countries I've been to so far, the list would be (in random order): Canada (obviously), parts of the US, Austria, England, France, Italy, Thailand, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Holland, Sweden and Iceland. So post your travel plans, your experiences, and pretty much just anything related to traveling you can think of. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

01-28-2006, 01:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	nice, road trip or are you flying? __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

01-28-2006, 01:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	come visit australia, the gold coast mainly. not much snow to ski on but there are waves __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

01-28-2006, 01:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	haha, I love driving, although only if there's other people in the car. there's another thing I'd love to do, go with 3 other friends and do a road trip from calgary and down through the US, stopping at a bunch of ski hills, and basically living like bums. and I'd love to visit australia, but money is gonna be really tight, so I don't think I'll have the funds to travel in between. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

01-28-2006, 02:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	damn.i wish i was old enough to travel. its one of my few dreams i have. i wanna go on the road just like jack kerouac in his book ' on the road'. take 50 dollars in my pocket and head off on a bus west. __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

01-28-2006, 12:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	I'm goin to Vegas in April, drinkin, gamblin, maybe a show at the Joint or H.O.B. if anyone decent is in town. Should be cool

01-28-2006, 01:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	flying, it would take me forever to drive. I hate driving

01-28-2006, 02:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	not my style, if I have to walk for more than 20 yards to get a drink I am thoroughly inconvenienced. Furthermore I cannot live like a bum, I am needy and dependent on my creature comforts

01-28-2006, 02:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	50 bucks wouldn't get me across the street

01-28-2006, 02:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	haha, i'm all about "roughing it" (I use that term losely, truly roughing it for me is setting up a tent in the middle of nowhere with nothing but what you can carry on your back) when I travel. I can't do the whole lounging-at-the-poolside-while-a-waiter-serves-me-drinks thing. Even if I had the money to support it, those kind of vacations bore the hell out of me. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER